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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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